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GEORGIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER POSSIBILITY OF DIRECT RAILWAY SERVICE WITH RUSSIA THROUGH ABKHAZIA
Friday, June 20, 09:58
Georgia's National Security Council will consider the possibility of
a direct railway service with Russia through Abkhazia, the leader of
the majority of the Georgian Parliament Georgy Volsky told journalists
on Thursday.
Georgia-Online quotes him as saying that it is early yet to do
this as it first necessary to attain progress in Georgian-Abkhazian
settlement. "Here we should give priority to our national interests.
We can discuss this project but we should not hurry to make it true,"
Volsky said.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Georgia's State Minister for Reconciliation
and Civil Equality Paata Zakareishvili commented on the statement by
Vladimir Yakunin who urged more specific efforts on opening of the
railway communication via Abkhazia and Georgia to Armenia.
Zakareishvili said that the issue is not discussed so far, though
it may become a subject for discussion in future between Georgia
and Russia, particularly, between Georgian Prime Minister's Special
Representative for the relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze and
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin.
According to the study "Rehabilitation of the railways in the South
Caucasus" issued by the International Alert British NGO, the potential
costs of rehabilitating the South Caucasus railways, in particular
the Sochi-Sukhum/i-Tbilisi-Yerevan railway, will totaled $277.5 mln,
which can be returned in 100 years no sooner.
Restoration of the 190km section Psou-Inguri will cost $251 million.
The Inguri-Zugdigi section will cost $26.5 million dollars. The section
from Zugdigi to Tbilisi and farther to Yerevan needs no repair. It
is noteworthy that Abkhazian experts estimate rehabilitation of the
railway at $350-$400 million. Meanwhile, Georgian experts claim that
the project will cost some $73 million.
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Friday, June 20, 09:58
Georgia's National Security Council will consider the possibility of
a direct railway service with Russia through Abkhazia, the leader of
the majority of the Georgian Parliament Georgy Volsky told journalists
on Thursday.
Georgia-Online quotes him as saying that it is early yet to do
this as it first necessary to attain progress in Georgian-Abkhazian
settlement. "Here we should give priority to our national interests.
We can discuss this project but we should not hurry to make it true,"
Volsky said.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Georgia's State Minister for Reconciliation
and Civil Equality Paata Zakareishvili commented on the statement by
Vladimir Yakunin who urged more specific efforts on opening of the
railway communication via Abkhazia and Georgia to Armenia.
Zakareishvili said that the issue is not discussed so far, though
it may become a subject for discussion in future between Georgia
and Russia, particularly, between Georgian Prime Minister's Special
Representative for the relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze and
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin.
According to the study "Rehabilitation of the railways in the South
Caucasus" issued by the International Alert British NGO, the potential
costs of rehabilitating the South Caucasus railways, in particular
the Sochi-Sukhum/i-Tbilisi-Yerevan railway, will totaled $277.5 mln,
which can be returned in 100 years no sooner.
Restoration of the 190km section Psou-Inguri will cost $251 million.
The Inguri-Zugdigi section will cost $26.5 million dollars. The section
from Zugdigi to Tbilisi and farther to Yerevan needs no repair. It
is noteworthy that Abkhazian experts estimate rehabilitation of the
railway at $350-$400 million. Meanwhile, Georgian experts claim that
the project will cost some $73 million.
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